ICC Moong Dal Halwa and Ring of Fire at my Porch

Wishing all my readers a belated Happy

New year and Pongal.

This month ICC is quiet a challenge for me.I have never

made Moong Dal Halwa..I got lot of lumps even cooking

in a low flame. So I just had to remove the kadai from

the fire and break down all the lumps using the potato

masher..and again on the heat..My hands ached seriously

since I was down with Chikungunya for about a month.

Moong Dal Halwa

Ingredients

Split (Yellow) Moong dhal - 1 cup Ghee - 1/2 cup Sugar - 3/4 cups to 1 cup (as per required sweetness) Milk - 1/2 cup Cashews/ raisins roasted in ghee for garnish. Method to Prepare: Soak 1 cup moong dal overnight. Next morning, grind to a paste. Heat a heavy Kadai, take initially only 1/2 of the ghee and heat it. Add the dhal and stir continuously, not allowing lumps to form. This part is very tricky as the dhal cooks really fast, irrespective of the ghee. Keep the heat at the lowest and keep stirring even after the dhal becomes thick. Add the rest of the ghee intermittently and cook the dhal until aromatic and the ghee starts oozing out. Meanwhile mix the sugar with water/ milk in a pan and bring to a boil. Add this slowly to the cooking dhal. Keep the fire low at all times and break lumps if formed while adding the sugar and water/ milk mix. Cook until the ghee surfaces. Garnish with cashews and raisins.

Yesterday people of south Tamilnadu had

a complete view of Ring of Fire Eclipse.

The complete ring appeared for for 5 minutes.

Mom called me during the eclipse and told

that they could see the ring in their porch.

The sun is reflected and we could see the

shadow of Ring of Fire at my porch..It is a

wonderful experience..